Nostalgia

By Oelania P., Brooklyn, NY

Image Credit: HyunKyung L., Plymouth, MN

the bedraggled scrap of muddy shirtwas a fragment of my childhooda reminderof my grandmother's sewingand of the river i almost drowned init sang ofsuffocating summerand hibernated through snowy daysat the bottom of acedar chestconsuming the earthy scentas i grewit dared me to call itoutgrownuntil i could barely fit into its softnessnow it hasdisappearedto the corner of my closetcorner of my mindonly thememories skim the surface